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MPI Glossary Painting & Decorating Terminology
MPI Glossary Painting & Decorating Terminology
... New Perfect Bound Version
"The most precise guide to painting
terminology in North America!"
- General Paint
"An excellent reference
tool for Painters, Contractors, Architects, Engineers, Designers,
Consultants, students or anyone working in a coatings-related field."
- KTA Tator (North Amerca's foremost authority on coating
failures and analysis)
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Also said about this Glossary of Painting and Decorating Terminology:
- "Definitions and descriptions for over 2000 different terms relating
to the painting trade."
- "96 information-packed pages."
- "Listed alphabetically for quick reference."
- "Paint coating properties and terminology defined."
- "Paint conditions and preparation steps explained."
- "Painting techniques and decorative terms outlined."
- "No Professional Painter should be without the Master Painters
Glossary!"
- "An essential handbook for both the professional painter and an excellent
learning guide for new painters!"
- "Covers terms in such categories as common paint chemicals, coating
application, substrates and types of defects."
- "Compiled and edited by the staff of the Master Painters Institute, the
innovators of the Architectural Painting Specification Manual & Maintenance
and Repainting Manual."